Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 30: BJP Trade & Industry Cell State convenor Kulbushan Mohtra today said that the ongoing unrest in Valley has badly affected the Jammu business and caused losses to the tune of thousands crore of rupees.
While addressing media persons along with Prabhari of the Cell S. Varinderjeet Singh, Members Trade & Industry Cell Sudarshan Khajuria and Bansi Lal Gupta, he said that the industry business is the prime source of economy of the State as well as the employment.
In Jammu and Kashmir the share of Government in employment is three percent whereas the employment provided by Trade & Industry is seven percent. Many a time, the Government cannot pay regular salaries to three percent of its employees whereas Trade & Industry employees get regular salaries despite strikes, bandhs and in situation like present one.
Mohtra said that the trade in Srinagar and Jammu had suffered during 2008 land row agitation and it took many years to bring the business on rails, which has not been in a position to recover fully and now unfortunately the traders are again suffering losses due to the ongoing unrest in Kashmir.
He said that the traders of Jammu province are concerned towards the losses and they appeal their counterparts in Valley to work in the direction of convincing the trouble makers so that peace is restored and normal business starts once again. He also appealed to the State Government to concentrate on 95 per cent people, who want peace and take stern action on the 5 per cent trouble shooters.
Kulbushan Mohtra, while appreciating the steps being taken by the Union Government and the State’s coalition in unison to restore peace, has urged the Narendra Modi-led NDA Government to direct the all parties delegation to visit Jammu also for direct and on the spot assessment of the problems and grievances of the traders of Winter Capital.
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